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The 2006 Mongol Rally
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| Hyde Park ... | |
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| ... over 150 cars ... | |
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| ... all lined up ... | |
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| ... and ready to hit the road ... | |
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| ... in the biggest ... | |
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| ... craziest ... | |
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| ... road trip ... | |
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| ...of all time | |
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| Oh and a Honda C90, | |
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| a 2CV van, | |
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| a boat...erm, car, | |
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| Herbie, | |
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| and us. | |
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| Brett prays we make it | |
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| Engine? Anyone? | |
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| The Italian Job ... from Spain | |
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| The heavens wish us well | |
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| Causing mayhem in London | |
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| Dover | |
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| Parked up for the night, Prague | |
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| Hotel Spirit, Bratislava | |
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| Cheating in a 4x4 | |
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| The wide open roads of Romania | |
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| Caution - Cows! | |
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| Romania ... | |
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| ...maybe | |
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| Lost in Bucharest | |
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| Istanbul | |
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| Mmmm Beer | |
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| Mmmmmm Beeeeer | |
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| Blue Mosque, Istanbul | |
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| Ahhhhhh | |
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| Traffic jam, Turkey | |
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| More oil! | |
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| The good roads | |
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| Eeeek! Julie! Driving! | |
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| Schmokin' | |
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| Turkish Tenements | |
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| Dusk | |
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| The roads just come and go | |
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| At the top of Mt Nemrut | |
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| Beheaded | |
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| More bodyless souls | |
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| Turkish river crossing | |
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| Mt Ararat | |
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| ditto | |
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| Eeee I've kacked me pants | |
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| Dead in Tehran | |
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| On the mend | |
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| The flat tyre fixing crew, Iran | |
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| Convoying ... | |
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| ...with Team Marco Polo ... | |
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| ... through Iran | |
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| erm, what? | |
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| Entering Ashgabad, Turkmenistan | |
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| Soviet hotel, Ashgabad | |
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| Bukhara, Uzbekistan | |
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| Julie looking pretty | |
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| Public transport, Uzbek style | |
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| Taqi Sarrafon Bazaar | |
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| Mir-i-Arab Medressa ... or something | |
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| Kalon Minaret & Mosque | |
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| The Ark | |
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| Taqi Zargaron Bazaar - as night falls | |
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| Waiting for tea at Lyabi-Hauz square | |
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| On the road again | |
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| Krygyzstan | |
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| Toktogul Reservoir, Krygyzstan | |
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| Blur-o-vision | |
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| Kazak border | |
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| Top roads - but that'll change | |
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| Bang! | |
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| Kazak Steppe | |
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| 3 car convoy | |
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| Its a mini adventure | |
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| The mini with no breaks ... | |
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| ... approaching fast | |
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| Dawn ... | |
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| ... Camping ... | |
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| ... Kazakhstan | |
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| We draw a crowd, Russia | |
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| Russian Altay region | |
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| Kooooo crossing | |
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| Tashanta, Russia | |
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Mongolia ... At Last
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| More koooos, Mongolia | |
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| Trying to get rid of Julie | |
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| Mongolias good roads | |
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| Camping, back of beyond | |
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| Ger camp | |
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| Yak...aty-yak | |
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| Anyone seen a petrol station? | |
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| Middle of nowhere | |
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| Watering hole | |
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| Its a looong road | |
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| Which way now? | |
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| Dirt tracks all the way | |
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| Check out the rim on this tyre | |
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| Had lots of practice at this | |
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| Edge of the Gobi | |
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| Major Intersection, M1 merges with M2 | |
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| Our car in Mongolia | |
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| Our car in Mongolia ... again | |
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| National Highway #1 | |
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| The green bits of Mongolia | |
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| Good, no flat tyres | |
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| Me | |
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| Lonely Ger | |
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| Another flat | |
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| Cantering camel | |
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| Lost ... somewhere in Mongolia | |
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| National Highway #2 | |
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| Bath time | |
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| Almost there, can't you tell! | |
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| Daves Place, Ulaanbaatar | |
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| Fellow Rallier #1 | |
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| Fellow Rallier #2 | |
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| Fellow Rallier #3 | |
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| Fellow Rallier #4 | |
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| Fellow Rallier #5 | |
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| Dead car | |
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| Heeeeaaaave Ho | |
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| What vodka does to you | |
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| Parting shot | |
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| Do you want a swig of vodka dear? | |
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